Search YouTube for “baby” and “iPad” and you’ll find clips featuring one-year-olds attempting to manipulate magazine pages and television screens as though they were touch-sensitive displays. These children are one step away from assuming that such technology is a natural, spontaneous part of the material world.

Couldn't agree more with this author. Most e-learning is developed using platforms that ignore the learner's learning preferences, characteristics and/or needs completely. The teacher really needs to know the learner if there is to be real engagement and educational motivation.

Background: This study investigated the impact of item format and number of options on the psychometric characteristics (p values and biserials) and response times for multiple-choice questions (MCQs) appearing on Step 2 of the United States Medical Licensing Examination. Method: In all, 192 MCQ...

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For those about to develop test / exam items this might be of interest. The conclusion "smaller numbers of options per item (and more items) should result in more efficient use of testing time and greater score precision per unit of testing time" should spark some debate.

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